Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Slovenia. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Slovenia.| Candidate and nominating party | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Danilo Türk (independent, supported by the Social Democrats, the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia, Zares and Active Slovenia) | 241,349 | 24.47 | 677,333 | 68.03 |
| Lojze Peterle (independent, supported by New Slovenia, the Slovenian Democratic Party and the Slovenian People's Party) | 283,412 | 28.73 | 318,288 | 31.97 |
| Mitja Gaspari (independent, supported by the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia) | 237,632 | 24.09 | ||
| Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti (Slovenian National Party) | 188,951 | 19.16 | ||
| Darko Krajnc (Youth Party of Slovenia) | 21,526 | 2.18 | ||
| Elena Pečarič (independent, supported by the Akacije party) | 8,830 | 0.89 | ||
| Monika Piberl (Women's Voice of Slovenia) | 4,729 | 0.48 | ||
| Valid | 986,429 | 100.0 | 995,621 | 100.0 |
| Invalid | 5,279 | 0.53% | 9,738 | 0.97% |
| Total | 991,708 | 1,005,359 | ||
| Source: Ministry of Public Administration | ||||
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoran Janković's List – Positive Slovenia (Lista Zorana Jankovića – Pozitivna Slovenija, LZJ-PS) | 314,273 | 28.51 | 28 |
| Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS) | 288,719 | 26.19 | 26 |
| Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati, SD) | 115,952 | 10.52 | 10 |
| Gregor Virant's Civic List (Državljanska lista Gregorja Viranta, LGV) | 92,282 | 8.37 | 8 |
| Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Demokraticna stranka upokojencev Slovenije, DeSUS) | 76,853 | 6.97 | 6 |
| Slovenian People's Party (Slovenska ljudska stranka, SLS) | 75,311 | 6.83 | 6 |
| New Slovenia – Christian People's Party (Nova Slovenija – Kršcanska ljudska stranka, NSi) | 53,758 | 4.88 | 4 |
| Slovenian National Party (Slovenska nacionalna stranka, SNS) | 19,786 | 1.80 | — |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS) | 16,268 | 1.48 | — |
| Party for Sustainable Development of Slovenia (Stranka za trajnostni razvoj Slovenije, TRS) | 13,477 | 1.22 | — |
| Youth Party – European Greens (Stranka mladih – Zeleni Evrope, SMS-Zeleni) | 9,532 | 0.86 | — |
| Zares – Social Liberals (Zares – socialno-liberalni, Zares) | 7,218 | 0.65 | — |
| Democratic Labour Party (Demokratična stranka dela, DSD) | 7,118 | 0.65 | — |
| Greens of Slovenia (Zeleni Slovenije) | 4,000 | 0.36 | — |
| Movement for Slovenia (Gibanje za Slovenijo, GzS) | 3,339 | 0.30 | — |
| Party of Equal Opportunities of Slovenia (Stranka enakih možnosti Slovenije, SEM–Si) | 1,787 | 0.18 | — |
| Forward Slovenia (Naprej Slovenija, NPR) | 1,100 | 0.10 | — |
| Party of Slovenian People (Stranka slovenskega naroda, SSN) | 976 | 0.09 | — |
| Party of Humane Slovenia (Stranka humana Slovenija, SHS) | 295 | 0.03 | — |
| Acacias (Akacije) | 212 | 0.02 | — |
| Hungarian and Italian national communities | 4534 | — | 2 |
| Valid votes | 1,102,256 | 100.00 | 90 |
| Total votes (turnout 65.60%) | 1,121,573 | ||
| Eligible voters | 1,709,692 | ||
| Source: volitve.gov.si | |||
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